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Table 2 Weight factors for observation error covariance matrices in generation of the IGRF13-SV candidate model

From: A candidate secular variation model for IGRF-13 based on MHD dynamo simulation and 4DEnVar data assimilation

Iteration#

\(\alpha_{S}\) (factor for \({\mathbf{R}}_{S}\))

[\(\times 1.4 \times 10^{4}\)]

\(\alpha_{UW} \left( {{\text{factor for }}{\mathbf{R}}_{U} ,{\mathbf{R}}_{W} } \right)\)

[\(\times 300\)]

1

1.0

1.0

2

0.2

0.2

3

0.1

0.2

4

0.02

0.2

5

0.001

0.2